MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Keshava mean?
Keshava is a Sanskrit epithet describing beautiful or abundant hair. It is an established name of Krishna and Vishnu in epic and devotional literature. Keshava appears as an address to Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केशव
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಕೇಶವ
Conventional spelling
Telugu
కేశవ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Keshava in Indian usage
1,799 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 181 |
| 1960s | 287 |
| 1970s | 346 |
| 1980s | 443 |
| 1990s | 382 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 908 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 719 |
| Other states | 172 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, keśava, p. 310,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.